APPROPRIATE ATTENTION
APPROPRIATE ATTENTION § 40. “With regard to internal factors, I don’t envision any other single factor like appropriate attention as doing
Read moreAPPROPRIATE ATTENTION § 40. “With regard to internal factors, I don’t envision any other single factor like appropriate attention as doing
Read moreRIGHT VIEW § 32. “And what is the faculty of discernment? There is the case where a monk, a disciple of
Read moreLISTENING & THINKING § 25. “Monks, there are these two conditions for the arising of wrong view. Which two? The voice of another
Read moreWAYS TO DEVELOP DISCERNMENT § 23. Three types of discernment: discernment that comes from listening [sutamaya-pañña] discernment that comes from thinking [cintamaya-pañña] discernment
Read moreReadings THE NOBLE SEARCH § 1. “This is the way leading to discernment: when visiting a contemplative or brahman, to ask:
Read moreDiscernment THE BUDDHA’S STRATEGIES FOR HAPPINESS : II a study guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Copyright copyright 2013 thanissaro bhikkhu
Read moreAbbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya DN Dīgha Nikāya MN Majjhima Nikāya SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Ud Udāna
Read moreGlossary Āsava: Effluent; fermentation. Four qualities—sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance—that “flow out” of the mind and create the flood of the
Read moreDeconstruction § 33. “What do you think, monks: If a person were to gather or burn or do as he
Read moreConstructing the Path § 29. “Then, quite secluded from sensuality, secluded from unskillful mental qualities, he enters & remains in
Read moreConstructing a Self § 22. “Monks, I will teach you the burden, the carrier of the burden, the taking up
Read moreConstructing the Aggregates § 5. “Monks, from an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, although beings
Read moreThe Questions § 1. “There are some cases in which a person overcome with pain, his mind exhausted, grieves, mourns,
Read moreA Burden Off the Mind A Study Guide Compiled by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu Copyright copyright 2018 ṭhānissaro bhikkhu This work is
Read moreAbbreviations Pali Suttas: AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya MN Majjhima Nikāya SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Thig Therīgāthā Ud
Read moreGlossary Arahant: A “worthy one” or “pure one;” a person whose mind is free of defilement and thus is not destined
Read more9 : The Buddha Smiles § 9 On one occasion the Blessed One was wandering on a tour among the Kosalans with
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